How to Sync Your iPad 2 with Dropbox

The iPad 2 allows you to use cloud services, such as Dropbox, to move things onto your iPad without a cable. Here’s how you do it:

Sign up for a Dropbox account at www.dropbox.com. You can drag and drop anything you would like to store online to the Dropbox folder on your PC’s desktop.

Download the Dropbox app from the App Store on your iPad.

Open the Dropbox app and sign in. You should now be able to view all your cloud-based documents, photos, and videos on your iPad.

To edit a document, tap the arrow icon in the upper right corner, which launches an Open With… menu. In our case, we then selected Quickoffice. Clicking the link icon lets you share a document via e-mail.

If you’re viewing a photo, you can tap the same arrow icon to save it to your iPad.

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Hi,
I cannot EVER open any kind of item that I have “open in dropbox” moved the item to dropbox. When I get there, I ALWAYS get “DROPBOX CANNOT OPEN THIS TYPE OF FILE” RESPONSE. I have maybe 15 items loaded (on left margin), but clicking on them, I get the msg: DROPBOX CANNOT OPEN THIS TYPE OF FILE” ???
This has never worked for me. Should I delete the app, then reload it ?
Thanks,
Ray kling